The current exchange rate for ¥1,000 for the UK is £6.60, or $8.93 Given the prep, ingredients and distribution I’m intrigued what the margin is. It also makes me wonder whether this has scaled in any way. The article makes it feel like this is a singular machine - that’s a lot of work involved to only stock one location. I wondered whether this was a way of a caterer that serviced airlines (Air France would have similar offerings in First class and potentially business class), but Kyoto is farther away from the airports than other more obvious places to put such a machine like Osaka or Tokyo. So I figure this is ‘extra’ output from one of the French restaurants in Kyoto. It’s fascinating and I very much would like to try it.